Elements like tungsten prefer to be mixed in with metal, so when the impact remixed the Earth, the newly formed tungsten sank into the metal core. This created a rocky outer layer with a lower ...

Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic leaves humans with a unique set of moral questions, Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

This lesson is modified from activity created by Laurie Molnar (University ... Explain to them that a globe is a model of the Earth. Scientists use models to represent objects.

Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed, suggests a new study. The findings of this study, published in the journal ...

Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, have affected millions of people.